Laura Dziadek v. The Charter Oak Fire Insurance

BENTON, Circuit Judge.

A jury found The Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company liable for breach of contract and deceit for its handling of Laura Dziadek’s underinsured-motorist claim. After partly granting judgment as a matter of law, the district court 1 approved some of the compensatory damages and all of the punitive damages. Dziadek v. Charter Oak Fire Ins. Co., 213 F.Supp.3d 1150, 1162 (D.S.D. 2016). Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

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